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1588 Warrego Primary School

Date Range:1960 - 2007

Description

Warrego is located 50 km North-west of Tennant Creek.
The Warrego Primary School closed on 11 June 2007.

The Warrego township was established with the commencement of mine operations in the late 1950s. With the closing of the mining operation in 1999, the student catchment for the school extended to the Mungalawarru community, 36kms from town.

The school featured in the 2005 SBS television documentary, 'Bush School', about teachers Colin and Sandra Baker who worked with Mungalawarru community elder, Colin Freddie from 1999 - 2006, to teach students how to ride, which resulted in 100% attendance rate, achieved national literacy and numeracy benchmarks, as well as improvement in health outcomes.

Portfolio Controlling

Minister for Education

Function/Interest

Preschool to primary education

Superior Agencies

Date RangeTitleAgency Id
1960 - 1968Education Branch605
1968 - 1971Department of Education and Science567
1971 - 1973Northern Territory Education Branch648
1973 - 1979Northern Territory Education Division649

Inventory of Series

Series IdSeries TitleSeries Date RangeNumber of UnitsPublic AccessLocation
NTRS 4822Student roll books1974 - 19972Agreement PendingAlice Springs